What: Robinson R-44 en route from Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme) to Le Luc
Where: Valouse
When: Sept 3, 2012
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: The private helicopter was in France over the Drôme when the blades stopped and it fell. One witness said there was no explosion when it broke up in the air.

When the accident occurred, a father and teenaged son were aboard, headed to Le Luc where the father ran a construction company.

Twenty firefighters, fifteen police and helicopter EMS responded to the scene as well as two Air Base Orange helicopters.
mobilized.

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